Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Debt [Abstract]

Schedule Of Carrying And Principal Values Of Debt

		As of						As of
		March 31, 2017						December 31, 2016
	Maturity Date	Principal Balance		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Principal Balance		Fair Value		Carrying Value
2014 Senior Notes	July 15, 2022	$	750,000	$	759,375	$	737,505	$	750,000	$	763,125	$	736,992
2016 Senior Notes	Sep. 1, 2024		1,100,000		1,083,500		1,079,520		1,100,000		1,083,500		1,078,954
2012-1C Tower Securities	Dec. 11, 2017		610,000		610,171		607,905		610,000		610,165		607,157
2013-1C Tower Securities	April 10, 2018		425,000		423,827		423,192		425,000		423,381		422,768
2013-2C Tower Securities	April 11, 2023		575,000		576,777		567,807		575,000		563,322		567,545
2013-1D Tower Securities	April 10, 2018		330,000		330,281		328,560		330,000		334,521		328,225
2014-1C Tower Securities	Oct. 8, 2019		920,000		923,183		912,889		920,000		922,199		912,219
2014-2C Tower Securities	Oct. 8, 2024		620,000		619,932		612,843		620,000		608,921		612,641
2015-1C Tower Securities	Oct. 8, 2020		500,000		502,555		491,828		500,000		495,145		491,289
2016-1C Tower Securities	July 9, 2021		700,000		695,877		691,752		700,000		688,072		691,322
Revolving Credit Facility	Feb. 5, 2020		280,000		280,000		280,000		390,000		390,000		390,000
2014 Term Loan	Mar. 24, 2021		1,458,750		1,460,573		1,448,858		1,462,500		1,467,984		1,452,039
2015 Term Loan	June 10, 2022		491,250		491,250		483,515		492,500		494,347		484,432
Total debt		$	8,760,000	$	8,757,301	$	8,666,174	$	8,875,000	$	8,844,682	$	8,775,583
Less: current maturities of long-term debt							(20,000)						(627,157)
Total long-term debt, net of current maturities						$	8,646,174					$	8,148,426

Schedule Of Cash And Non-Cash Interest Expense

	For the three months ended March 31,
	2017				2016
	Cash		Non-cash		Cash		Non-cash
	Interest		Interest		Interest		Interest
5.625% Senior Notes	$	—	$	—	$	7,031		—
5.75% Senior Notes		—		—		11,500		—
2014 Senior Notes		9,141		178		9,141		169
2016 Senior Notes		13,406		234		—		—
2010-2C Tower Securities		—		—		7,058		—
2012-1C Tower Securities		4,524		—		4,534		—
2013 Tower Securities		10,804		—		10,804		—
2014 Tower Securities		12,785		—		12,785		—
2015-1C Tower Securities		3,985		—		3,985		—
2016-1C Tower Securities		5,090		—		—		—
Revolving Credit Facility		2,770		—		833		—
2014 Term Loan		11,284		128		12,138		125
2015 Term Loan		3,800		165		4,087		161
Capitalized interest and other		13		—		(92)		—
Total	$	77,602	$	705	$	83,804	$	455